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CDC Mortality Data Latency
This code visualizes the latency of the National Vital Statistics System mortality data in the CDC's Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19 dataset.
It parses CSV snapshots downloaded at different times and graphs the increase in each week's reported deaths over time.
Data
The CSV data can be downloaded from https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/xkkf-xrst/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true&format=true%20target=, and several historical snapshots are available at http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/xkkf-xrst/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true&format=true%20target=. The dataset is updated roughly weekly.
The CDC also provides provides Technical Notes with more information about the data.
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